Direction-signaling device for vehicles.



E. H. IIIEBENNQv DIRECTION SIGNALING D EVICE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24, 19M. 1 ,283,756. Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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APPLICATIDH FILED OCT- 2. SIM 1,283,756. Patented Nov. 5, l9l&..

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IN VENTOR. Edward H. Haber):

WITNESSES ATTORNEY EDWARD H. HEBERN, OF OAKLAND,

CALIFORNIA.

DIRECTION-SIGNALING- DEVICE FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

Application filed October 24, 1914. Serial N 0. 868,458.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. HEBERN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county ofAlameda and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Direction-Signaling Devices for Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a. specification.

The object of the present invention 'is to provide a signaling device tobe attached to the front or rear, or both, of automobiles, street cars,motor cycles, and other vehicles, to indicate, both in the day time andat night, whether the vehicle is turning or is about to turn, and if so,in what direction.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a front View thereof.

Referring to the drawing, a tubular shaft 91 rotates in a bearing 92 andis enlarged at its front end, and carries, in a socket 93 in the frontend, a reflector 9 1 for an incandescent lamp 96, a green lens 97 beingsecured in front of said reflector. The wires 95 for said lamp areconnected to rings 98, which, as the tubular shaft 91 rotates, are incontact with contacts 99 connected with wires 101. To said forwardenlargement of the tubular shaft is secured an arm 102 carrying at itsend a reflector 103 for an incandescent lamp 104 and having a red glasslens 106. Said lamp 104 is supplied with electricity by wires 107connected to the wires 95. When the car is going straight ahead a redlight shows immediately above the green light, and when it is going tothe right or left the red light shows to the right or left, as the casemay be, of the green light. Said enlargement has, corresponding to thedifferent signaling positions of the arms, a series of sockets 100, anda bolt 105 actuated by a coiled spring 110 is adapted to enter any oneof said sockets. Said bolt has a rounded front end, so that while thebolt holds the arm in the position desired sufliciently against anyordinary force, by the exercise of sufficient force the arm can beturned notwithstanding the engagement of said bolt in said socket.

I claim In a vehicle direction signaling device, the combination of astationary electric lamp visible from the front of the vehicle, an armrotatable about said lamp in a vertical plane, an electric lamp carriedby the outer end of said arm and visible at all times from the front ofthe vehicle, means for rotating said arm about said first-named lamp andmeans for arresting said arm in an upward extending vertical position,or in a horizontal position extending in either direction from saidfirst named lamp.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

V v EDWARD H. HEBERN. Witnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RIoHARDs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

